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Date Posted: 7/6/2008 5:20:18 PM  Status: Closed
Thermo Problem #1
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A piston-cylinder device contains an ideal gas.  the gas undergoes two successive cooling proceses by rejecting heat to the surroundings.  First the gas is cooled at constant pressure until T2 - 3/4T1.  Then the piston is held stationary while the gas is further cooled to T3 = 1/2T1, where all temperatures are in K.
A.  The ratio of the final volume to the initial volume of the gas is?
B.  The work done on the gas by the piston is?
C.  the total heat transferred from the gas is?
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Date Posted: 7/16/2008 9:07:07 AM  Status: Live
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